CCTV captures moment jealous police officer, 28, flees from Premier Inn after trying to kill his ex-girlfriend by throttling her and putting a plastic bag over her head - as he is jailed

CCTV footage has revealed how a police officer attempted to evade capture after trying to kill his ex-partner by throttling her and putting a plastic bag over her head. James Riley, 28, was jailed for 16 years today for attempted murder, after what a judge told him was a ‘brutal and determined’ two-minute attempt on academic Ellie Moxham’s life After fleeing the Premier Inn, Riley spent 11 minutes on the phone to his parents – telling them ‘I’ve killed Ellie’ - before eventually calling an ambulance then fleeing the scene to ‘save his own skin’ CCTV footage revealed Riley's movements after the incident, highlighting his intention to evade capture by making two £250 cash transactions from different ATMs and getting rid of his mobile phone to ensure he could not be tracked CCTV footage revealed Riley's movements after the incident, highlighting his intention to evade capture by making two £250 cash transactions from different ATMs and getting rid of his mobile phone to ensure he could not be tracked. Sentencing, Judge Patrick Field, KC, said: ‘As a result of becoming consumed by an uncontrollable anger and a jealous rage, you attacked her with murderous intent.’ James Riley who has been jailed for 16 years after he pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to the attempted murder of his his ex-girlfriend Ms Moxham told of her anguish at how Riley had ‘dragged out’ the court process, initially admitting causing grievous bodily harm with intent and only pleading guilty to attempted murder last November Detective Sergeant Heidi Cullum, of Greater Manchester Police, said after the case: ‘As a profession, we’re all hurt by Riley’s actions’ Ms Moxham, who is continuing her environmental studies PhD and is also a lecturer, read a victim impact statement from behind a curtain, telling how she is still suffering from the attack 14 months on. Ms Moxham told of her anguish at how Riley had ‘dragged out’ the court process, initially admitting causing grievous bodily harm with intent and only pleading guilty to attempted murder last November. Mr Leach, prosecuting, told how the attack happened soon after Riley and Ms Moxham entered the bedroom just after 11pm Judge Field said Riley was ‘acting to save his own skin’ by fleeing and ‘abandoning Ellie’, who the paramedic judged to have a life-threatening brain injury Even after his arrest and while on remand, she said Riley ‘used the house we owned together to subject me to financial abuse’.